In July , Apple added "smart home experiences" to 46 of its retail stores, letting visitors use an Apple device to control smart home appliances in the stores such as light bulbs and ceiling fans, while screens offer a look inside a virtual house that the user can control, such as lowering window shades.

Apple Stores have considerably changed the landscape for consumer electronics retailers and influenced other technological companies to follow suit.

The publication also wrote that "Apple salespeople are generally more knowledgeable, the products themselves are generally higher quality, and the stores are more appealing, aesthetically and practically.

In October , reports surfaced that Steve Jobs and his retail team would help "drastically overhaul" Disney Stores.

Jobs' involvement was described by The New York Times as "particularly notable", given Jobs' work on the "highly successful" Apple Stores and his election to Disney's board of directors in In May , Apple significantly redesigned its Union Square Apple Store in downtown San Francisco , adding large glass doors for the entry, open spaces with touch-sensitive tables and shelves for product displays, and rebranded rooms for the store.

The "Genius Bar" becomes the "Genius Grove", a tree-lined area for help and support. In April , Apple announced that its "Today at Apple" educational sessions, which launched with its Union Square redesign in and offer more than 60 free hands-on sessions for creative skills, will also be expanded to all of its stores.

In May , Apple updated all classic designed stores with new Feature Bays and Avenues, providing better buying experience by adding more interactive product trying tables, drawers for iPhone cases and magnet planks for iPad cases to the accessories wall.

Apple also added Forum Displays to all stores to provide better Today at Apple experience. All allows customers to try Apple or third-party products before buying just like they could do in the new design stores.

Starting May , Apple renew its stores in a new way, by adding Video Wall to stores around the world, and upgrade some stores like Apple Palo Alto [84] and Apple Causeway Bay in Hong Kong with Avenue Walls which feature the same design as the new stores ones.

With some limit area closed, some stores are renovated by only adding Video Wall. All Apple Stores feature a Genius Bar, where customers can receive technical advice or set up service and repair for their products.

The Genius Bar provides software support for macOS and hardware service on products that are not classified vintage or obsolete. The largest Genius Bar in the world is located in Amsterdam.

Apple Store openings and new product releases can draw crowds of hundreds, with some waiting in line as much as a day before the opening.

Magnificent Mile in Chicago , the first of Apple's 'flagship' stores. Ginza , Tokyo , the first store outside of the U.

The sidewalk of Boylston Street , Boston , MA on May 15, ; a massive crowd gather at the opening of the new store. Regent Street , London, England; at its opening at 10am November 20, it was the largest worldwide.

Westfield Doncaster , Victoria, Australia. Amsterdam , Netherlands; the largest Store in the world when it comes to the number of products on display.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre , Toronto , Canada the original store in the mall was the first in Canada until it was relocated.

Apple Stores have experienced numerous burglaries. The devices on display in stores are equipped with special demo versions of their respective operating systems.

Additionally, in case of theft, a security measure renders devices useless, by activating a "kill switch" disabling them once out-of-reach of the store's Wi-Fi network.

The store is the only place in the world where Apple merchandise can be purchased, including T-shirts, mugs, and pens.

In July , an American expatriate blogger who lives in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming reported on her discovery of what she called "the best ripoff store we had ever seen"—a fake Apple Store, complete with the glass exterior, wood display tables, winding staircase and large promotional posters found in legitimate Apple Stores, and with employees wearing lanyards and the same T-shirts as actual Apple Store employees.

According to The Wall Street Journal , unauthorized Apple resellers are found throughout China; the blogger's original post noted that two such stores were located within walking distance of the first knockoff, one of them with a misspelled sign reading "Apple Stoer".

Following these events, more real Apple Stores in China began opening, an early one being the Shenzhen Apple Store on November 3, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Find out which accessories are compatible with your devices. Easily upgrade to a new iPhone from your current one.

Keep track of your orders wherever you go. And sign up for hands-on sessions in store. Note that the Apple Store app and certain features are available only in select countries.

How your data is used To confirm compatibility and recommend products, the app will access both the services and the name, model, and part number of devices linked to your Apple ID.

All after strenuously resisting the need for a smart phone! Apple is the Nordstrom of technology. Please keep up the good work, courteous, informative customer service.

I applaude Apple for not only personalized customer service these people actually care! But Apple strives to make every experience for their customers a pleasure.

I buy with no worries because I know I can depend on Apple to be there for me and they have. I also trust their judgement on what they post and for how long.

I love the Apple Store app. Apple puts fun back in technology! Much could be said as to why it has taken me this long, and what I have been missing out on by not owning any Mac based products for the last 25 years Much has already been written about what Apple get right with their products.

I just want to say to anyone reading this that the newest gen iPad is miraculous. And the entire Mac experience really does live up to the hype with iOS

In May , Apple updated all classic designed stores with new Feature Bays and Avenues, providing better buying experience by adding more interactive product trying tables, drawers for iPhone cases and magnet planks for iPad cases to the accessories wall.

Apple also added Forum Displays to all stores to provide better Today at Apple experience. All allows customers to try Apple or third-party products before buying just like they could do in the new design stores.

Starting May , Apple renew its stores in a new way, by adding Video Wall to stores around the world, and upgrade some stores like Apple Palo Alto [84] and Apple Causeway Bay in Hong Kong with Avenue Walls which feature the same design as the new stores ones.

With some limit area closed, some stores are renovated by only adding Video Wall. All Apple Stores feature a Genius Bar, where customers can receive technical advice or set up service and repair for their products.

The Genius Bar provides software support for macOS and hardware service on products that are not classified vintage or obsolete. The largest Genius Bar in the world is located in Amsterdam.

Apple Store openings and new product releases can draw crowds of hundreds, with some waiting in line as much as a day before the opening.

Magnificent Mile in Chicago , the first of Apple's 'flagship' stores. Ginza , Tokyo , the first store outside of the U. The sidewalk of Boylston Street , Boston , MA on May 15, ; a massive crowd gather at the opening of the new store.

Regent Street , London, England; at its opening at 10am November 20, it was the largest worldwide. Westfield Doncaster , Victoria, Australia.

Amsterdam , Netherlands; the largest Store in the world when it comes to the number of products on display.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre , Toronto , Canada the original store in the mall was the first in Canada until it was relocated.

Apple Stores have experienced numerous burglaries. The devices on display in stores are equipped with special demo versions of their respective operating systems.

Additionally, in case of theft, a security measure renders devices useless, by activating a "kill switch" disabling them once out-of-reach of the store's Wi-Fi network.

The store is the only place in the world where Apple merchandise can be purchased, including T-shirts, mugs, and pens. In July , an American expatriate blogger who lives in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming reported on her discovery of what she called "the best ripoff store we had ever seen"—a fake Apple Store, complete with the glass exterior, wood display tables, winding staircase and large promotional posters found in legitimate Apple Stores, and with employees wearing lanyards and the same T-shirts as actual Apple Store employees.

According to The Wall Street Journal , unauthorized Apple resellers are found throughout China; the blogger's original post noted that two such stores were located within walking distance of the first knockoff, one of them with a misspelled sign reading "Apple Stoer".

Following these events, more real Apple Stores in China began opening, an early one being the Shenzhen Apple Store on November 3, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Redirected from Apple Store retail. This article is about Apple 's retail chain. For other uses, see Apple Store disambiguation.

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Apple is the Nordstrom of technology. Please keep up the good work, courteous, informative customer service.

I applaude Apple for not only personalized customer service these people actually care! But Apple strives to make every experience for their customers a pleasure.

I buy with no worries because I know I can depend on Apple to be there for me and they have. I also trust their judgement on what they post and for how long.

I love the Apple Store app. Apple puts fun back in technology! Much could be said as to why it has taken me this long, and what I have been missing out on by not owning any Mac based products for the last 25 years Much has already been written about what Apple get right with their products.

I just want to say to anyone reading this that the newest gen iPad is miraculous. And the entire Mac experience really does live up to the hype with iOS As for this Apple Store app True to form, the Apple Store app provides an elegant and simple to navigate shopping experience.

This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices. Screenshots iPhone iPad Apple Watch. Description The Apple Store app provides a more personal way to shop for the latest Apple products and accessories.

Search has been updated with an enhanced design. Get product and session recommendations, see Favorites in stock, and scan and buy accessories right from your iPhone.